Scholarships & Alumni

Our English Language Teaching Scholarships

Scholarships 2024/25

 2024 Scholarship for Teachers of English as a Second Language to Refugees 
As an addition to its prestigious Hornby Scholarship programme, the A.S. Hornby Educational Trust is inviting applications from experienced teachers of English who are now working with refugee communities in the UK. The successful applicant will join a group of Hornby scholars from a range of different countries to study on a one-year Masters in TESOL at the University of Exeter in the academic year 2024/25 
This is a dedicated scholarship for the teaching of English as a second language to refugees. We are therefore inviting applications from teachers who are themselves refugees or have had previous experience of holding refugee status. 
The deadline for applications is 20 May 2024
Download the appication form here.
Download more information about the scholarship here.

Scholarships for applicants outside the UK: applications for 2024/25 programmes of study
The Hornby Educational Trust prioritises capacity building for English language teaching in low- and lower-middle-income countries. It awards Master’s degree scholarships to teachers and related professionals with experience and evidenced potential to impact and enhance the field of English language teaching and learning in their home country.
Up to ten (10) fully funded scholarships (full fee waiver plus a maintenance payment of £15,500 minimum for the year) are available to students who fully meet the University of Exeter’s admission’s criteria for the MEd TESOL Programme for September 2024 entry. Scholarships will be awarded to academically talented and experienced applicants who are nationals of and work in low and middle income countries as defined in the OECD DAC list (listed here).

Please note this scholarship is only available for study on the University of Exeter’s MEd TESOL programme and is not available for PGCert or PGDip programmes of study.

The Hornby Trust is delighted to be partnering with the University of Exeter for these scholarships, and all applicants will be jointly considered by the University of Exeter and the Hornby Trust. 

The application deadline is 1 March 2024. 
More information is available on the University of Exeter website


Alumni

The Trust encourages former Scholars to engage in development activities after returning home. 

The Trustees have established a mentoring scheme to support scholars after they return home. A mentor helps scholars identify appropriate development areas, draw up project proposals, and  implement them effectively. 

Projects are led by Hornby alumni in countries including the Philippines, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, and Argentina.
 Alumni projects have focused on the development of teachers’ knowledge and skills, recently  in the following areas: 
  • enhancing the use of technology in teaching, 
  • engaging with policies supporting multi-lingualism in education, 
  • enhancing awareness of special educational needs in language education, 
  •  improving teachers' knowledge and practices in assessment in language education.

Hornby Trustees meet the Scholars 

The Board of Trustees meeting the 2019/2020 scholars at the University of Warwick in early March 2020. 

Hornby Scholars 2019/2020

 

World Teacher's Day  2019 

Two Hornby Alumni presented at the World Teacher's Day Web Conference organised by IATEFL and the British Council on Saturday 5 October 2019. 

Florence Muluh, teaches English  in Cameroon, had a Hornby Scholarship to study her MA in TESOL from the University of Lancaster.  Video of Florence's presentation. 

Vuyokazi Makubalo  is a teacher educator in South Africa and in 2015 she studied her Masters Degree in ELT at the University of Warwick.   Video of Vuyokazi's presentation.  

Hornby scholars from 2017/2018

Watch these two brief videos of Hornby scholars talking about the impact of the scholarships. on their lives, and their plans on how they support the teaching of English when they return home.

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